The technology of things that fly
German automaker Porsche is forming a team with Boeing to analyze demand for vertical takeoff flying taxis designed to ferry people around cities and over gridlock traffic as it aims to stay in step with the next generation of travel. Porsche Engineering Services and Studio FA Porsche will help Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences develop and test a prototype electric
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Honeywell and Safran, two companies in the Uber Elevate partnership, are striking deals with airframers to mass produce parts for eVTOL concepts with the aim of lowering manufacturing costs and easing their path to certification for passenger flights.
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Boeing engineers at an airfield in Manassas, Virginia, are testing the autonomous flight of an air taxi Uber aims to make available on its mobile application around 2023 to ferry people between cities and suburbs.
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NASA and FAA are planning test flights for companies designing sky taxis to confront barriers to public acceptance including safety and noise.
Read moreThe FAA authorization bill that is headed for President Donald Trump’s desk is drawing mixed reactions from the drone community because of language that gives the agency the power to set rules that permit federal authorities to “disrupt” or “destroy” any drones deemed a “credible threat,” as the bill puts it. Full story by Tom Risen is online at Aerospace America.
Read moreThe U.S. options to counter a nuclear attack from North Korea don’t include a way to destroy a ballistic missile during the boost phase, when the missile’s engines are still burning brightly and the heat makes it easier to detect and track. In hopes of finding a solution, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency has sought ideas from industry for an
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